I grew up watching the Kids in the Hall and I honestly think that Scott Thompson helped change peoples outlook through his comedy sketches. I personally love the guy and still enjoy watching Kids in the Hall with my daughter now.
I had a lovely breakfast with Scott Thompson on an Amtrak train last month (May 12, 2015) from DC to Chicago. I had gone to breakfast late and they sat him with me -- just him and me together for an hour. I told him a little about my career and I asked he what he did, I fully expected him to say he was an accountant. I was shocked when he said he was a comedian. I had never heard of him before, nor Kids in the Hall. He told me all about his cancer and since I am a medical writer/editor, I was happy to listen. I took a selfie of us together. He was a wonderful conversationalist and breakfast companion but not at all funny nor did he have any gay affectations at all. In fact, I had no clue he was gay until I looked him up later on Wikipedia.
Ah, the days before Wikipedia when you don't know how self-referential KITH sketches are. This gives me a whole new appreciation for Scott and the others!
Lots of very talented people tried to do (pretty much) this character long before Scott went for it: but nobody did it better than Scott - before or since.
@@teufeldritch There's even a sketch that acknowledges this. Mark plays the ghost of the person Buddy was based on, who's haunting Scott because he hasn't publicly acknowledged him. It's a very meta sketch.
As a New Yorker by origin, THIS, 💯% Watching this sketch, in New York in the 90s, all I could think was - "Hey, I rep-resent that!" ... Yeah, it's an old overused joke, but, I'm not a ... _Cannaaaadian._ So, my humor repertoire is much more limited than Buddy's. 😉
I was going to school at UCSB and living in the college town the Isla Vista when KITH were in their heyday. When the show started the entire college town came to a halt and you hear KITH from every open window.
Started watching this show in middle school. Buddy was my favorite. He just had such confidence. But I tell ya, being straight boy emulating a flaming gay man, even just for laughs, gets you talked about.
Hmmmmm. The basketball team is talking ! COMEDY IS FUNNY ...I don't care who we all are ! If we could get back to that idea of comedy being funny ...LIFE WOULD BE GOOD !
Had to come back to this sketch after reading the Buddy Cole autobiography and seeing him mention his first acting role on a science fiction movie-sure enough it was the exact same movie he mentioned in this sketch! That book is a masterpiece btw, sure some of the continuity is changed but the small details like that are so fun to pick up on and it's so funny I haven't been able to put it down
***** I spent a couple hours with him as a film premier party wound down. He's 90% Buddy Cole. He was living in a shitty apartment in a horrible neighborhood. His friend asked him to watch a small dog, and he saw the opportunity as a connection to the real world, so he accepted. The moment he put the little dog out the back door, it got away through the fence and disappeared. Scott went to the crack house across the street, and reluctantly knocked on the door. A guy opened a tiny slit in the door and said "What do you want?" Scott said "I lost my little dog". The guy threw the door open and said "Hey everybody! The funny fucker from TV from across the street needs our help. We gotta find his dog!" The gang fanned out, and brought back the dog. Scott hadn't ever introduced himself. The crack dealer had just recognized him from TV.
"Millennium" is on Netflix all this month. Scott Thompson has a non-speaking role (but a close-up!) as a generic console operator in the future control room when the 1963 airplane's tail is pulled into the time gate.
I'm so glad that I grew up with the humor of all the great sketch comedy teams of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live & Kids In The Hall. In Living Color & MAD TV helped keep the laughs going, too. We need more sketch comedy shows - from all kinds of performers.
My god this show was so ahead of it's time, when he says that "Straight people think that being gay is just a phase", this was the late 89 to mid 90's.
I just looked thru the top 30 or 40 comments & there's not a single mention of the fact that Buddy blew his nose with the Canadian flag. That's kind of the joke, really, that our nationalism is moderate & that we try to embrace a range of perspectives. That 4 seconds of performance is a marker for the ways in which we are not like our friends/frenemies to the south.
Scott Thompson is one of the funniest people I've seen in a long time. Since i have already seen other members of KITH on tv in the past several years. It's time for Scott to make a reappearance on american tv.
holy crap. i haven't left a vid comment for this YET? what is wrong with me? i thought i've left a vid comment for every existing scott thompson vid known to mankind! anywho, great vid. LOVE buddy cole! hehe
My favorite Buddy was the one where he's stranded on an island and he can only bring 1 book (All about Rhoda), favorite record (Denise Williams and Johnny Mathis- That's what friends are for), and favorite person (Dave as Oscar Wilde, and they steal each others' quips) 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was 10 years old when I saw this sketch and I thought Buddy's character was how all Canadians were,lol.Mind you I was only 10.So whenever someone mentioned Canada or Canadians to me I immediately thought of this character.And yes,I know most Canadians aren't this "camp".
Actually, I like the movie, probably because it's so different. See Scott Thompson (he's in the movie) ...go to TH-cam and type in: Kids in the hall: Cole 05- I'm Canadian (go to 2:20 - Scott makes a comment about the movie not making a dime)
Well, in all fairness, it's not really our fault. We don't really hear much about Canada growing up in America. We think of Canadians as being similar to us, but a little different too. I know many Canadians who immigrated to America and all I know about Canada comes from them. My stepdad is Canadian (from Ontario) and he's a great guy. Very socialistic and mild in nature compared to a lot of American men. I don't agree with his or Canada's politics, but I still love the people and I think I would love the country too regardless of political differences. My godmother is French Canadian and I love her so much. All the Canadians I know are great people. They're really not THAT different from Americans. They fit right in in America. Aside from pronouncing a few words oddly (especially my French Canadian godmother, lol), I would never guess that they weren't American if I didn't already know. :-)
@Chet It's that kind of smug arrogance and pride in your own ignorance why the US is so unpopular around the globe, and why most Americans who travel abroad will tell people they're Canadian.
Is it weird that I loved this show when I was 10. I'm sure it has something to do with the I am now. I still find it hard to believe the cbc used air stuff this edgy.
I’m glad that they did. In some respects some stuff was not seen as edgy back then. For example, it’s really only fairly recently that “faggot” really got recognized for the pejorative that it is. It was used pretty freely in the 90’s and decades previous to it. This show is still ahead of it’s time.
I saw "Millennium" in the theatre when it came out (yes, its as terrible), but I don't remember Scott Thompson in it. Probably because this was before I started watching Kids in the Hall :)
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I grew up watching the Kids in the Hall and I honestly think that Scott Thompson helped change peoples outlook through his comedy sketches.
I personally love the guy and still enjoy watching Kids in the Hall with my daughter now.
I had a lovely breakfast with Scott Thompson on an Amtrak train last month (May 12, 2015) from DC to Chicago. I had gone to breakfast late and they sat him with me -- just him and me together for an hour. I told him a little about my career and I asked he what he did, I fully expected him to say he was an accountant. I was shocked when he said he was a comedian. I had never heard of him before, nor Kids in the Hall. He told me all about his cancer and since I am a medical writer/editor, I was happy to listen. I took a selfie of us together. He was a wonderful conversationalist and breakfast companion but not at all funny nor did he have any gay affectations at all. In fact, I had no clue he was gay until I looked him up later on Wikipedia.
I would love to meet him he's a sweetheart ❤
WOW ! GUSHING !!! Lol Too weird !
This is what makes the character so awesome
I am so fucking jealous. He was always my favorite!
@@somercet1 i believe hes in remission and yes hes nice anyoen and ervyoen whoso met and or innterviewed him says so
LOL Scott was actually in Millennium. I love the snarking on his own career. "It won't make a dime!"
when i found that out years back, i laughed too. the guy is no slacker.
“Time Quake Approaching”
And it's as dull as dishwater.
Ah, the days before Wikipedia when you don't know how self-referential KITH sketches are. This gives me a whole new appreciation for Scott and the others!
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As an American, I fucking love this sketch
Same! It’s genius!!!
Scott’s character is incredible!
I was always glad to see a Buddy sketch! KITH was ahead of it’s time, and still is in some ways.
I read it as “Scott’s character is indelible”. Yep, that works too!
i cant believe this was uploaded 11 years ago. the KITH DVD box set was my best friend when i was getting off of the heroin. thanks buddy
Lots of very talented people tried to do (pretty much) this character long before Scott went for it: but nobody did it better than Scott - before or since.
Buddy is based on one of Scott's past lovers. Scott said the man, who has since passed away, was a Alpha Queen. :)
@@teufeldritch There's even a sketch that acknowledges this. Mark plays the ghost of the person Buddy was based on, who's haunting Scott because he hasn't publicly acknowledged him. It's a very meta sketch.
New York isn't sexy. It's Sleeeeaaaazyyyy!
Not anymore, now it just sucks
And disgusting
As a New Yorker by origin, THIS, 💯%
Watching this sketch, in New York in the 90s, all I could think was - "Hey, I rep-resent that!"
... Yeah, it's an old overused joke, but, I'm not a ... _Cannaaaadian._ So, my humor repertoire is much more limited than Buddy's. 😉
It’s been a while since I’ve watched kids in the hall but it’s amazing how LGBT friendly they were
I was going to school at UCSB and living in the college town the Isla Vista when KITH were in their heyday. When the show started the entire college town came to a halt and you hear KITH from every open window.
No one had the brains for that 10 years later living in isla vista. Times changed fast.
There is something about the way buddy Cole says blousy blonde that makes me know that everything is okay with the world
Started watching this show in middle school. Buddy was my favorite. He just had such confidence. But I tell ya, being straight boy emulating a flaming gay man, even just for laughs, gets you talked about.
Hmmmmm. The basketball team is talking ! COMEDY IS FUNNY ...I don't care who we all are ! If we could get back to that idea of comedy being funny ...LIFE WOULD BE GOOD !
Really such a fuss about a few extra esses.
Um. He's a gay guy doing a gay character.
@@TheBeezusjones Um, he was referring to himself imitating Scott playing Buddy.
@@sydbarrett5 One of the best lines ever
Had to come back to this sketch after reading the Buddy Cole autobiography and seeing him mention his first acting role on a science fiction movie-sure enough it was the exact same movie he mentioned in this sketch! That book is a masterpiece btw, sure some of the continuity is changed but the small details like that are so fun to pick up on and it's so funny I haven't been able to put it down
It’s great.
It won’t make a DIME!
An absolute legend
"Lucky I didn't blow my popes nose" by far my favorite line in this hilarious monologue. Buddy Coles finest.
"Americans know as much about Canada as straight people know about gays."
As a gay American who has lived in Canada, I can confirm.
Stfu
Canadians are like Americans but without a gun.
This makes me happy, it was one of my favourite bits of his! I hope he's still in remission...
Anne Murray and James Baldwin sharing a cocktail!
A *smart* cocktail!
What's funny is Scott Thompson really did star in Millennium.
he didn't really 'star' in it. he just had a cameo technically but yes. haha!
@@gregjacques6051 I keep looking for him in that film. Is he the one dressed in like fun foil
He played a cyborg but he was so done up in makeup you'd miss him because he only had like one line and was onscreen for like 12 seconds or less.
He's doing a bit on the Colbert Report now, he's great! What a charismatic man.
Scott Thompson is a gem. 💜
This was the first Buddy Cole I ever saw when the show was playing in the 80s and 90s. Brilliant.
I met Scott in L.A. He is so nice.
+Docktor Jim Of course he is
romans52345 If you ever get a chance to meet him, ask him to tell you the dog sitting story.
***** I spent a couple hours with him as a film premier party wound down. He's 90% Buddy Cole. He was living in a shitty apartment in a horrible neighborhood. His friend asked him to watch a small dog, and he saw the opportunity as a connection to the real world, so he accepted. The moment he put the little dog out the back door, it got away through the fence and disappeared. Scott went to the crack house across the street, and reluctantly knocked on the door. A guy opened a tiny slit in the door and said "What do you want?" Scott said "I lost my little dog". The guy threw the door open and said "Hey everybody! The funny fucker from TV from across the street needs our help. We gotta find his dog!" The gang fanned out, and brought back the dog. Scott hadn't ever introduced himself. The crack dealer had just recognized him from TV.
***** Yep. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
***** 10%
Scott Thompson is one of the most under appreciated comedians. He's so damn funny
"Millennium" is on Netflix all this month. Scott Thompson has a non-speaking role (but a close-up!) as a generic console operator in the future control room when the 1963 airplane's tail is pulled into the time gate.
The writing in this show is memorable
Just bought all the seasons to this show, loved it when I was younger. Scott is the man!
A CLASSIC! This is truly one of the funniest sketches I have ever seen. Bravo Scott!!
Met him a few times in WeHo. Very nice guy. So glad the show is coming back!
"we burn our flags to keep warm" hahah
we are a practical people, aren't we? lol.
*These guys are comedy genius.*
I love Buddy Cole!
I just checked IMdB and Scott Thompson is indeed in the movie 'Millennium' as "controller"!
Probably seen this skit 100 times...and every single time, I laugh so much I always cry..
An absolute masterpiece from the one and only Scott Thompson!!!
Holy shit, I had no idea about this character. I saw him on Your Mom's House and had to check this out. This shit is gold.
ALL the Kids in the Hall first 3 seasons is pure gold..
I'm so glad that I grew up with the humor of all the great sketch comedy teams of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live & Kids In The Hall. In Living Color & MAD TV helped keep the laughs going, too. We need more sketch comedy shows - from all kinds of performers.
This show is so great! It's a part of my good times era.
Trailer Park Boys rock!
I've been watching KITH
since I was a little kid.
I always liked it better than
SNL.
Canadian comedy is the best.
A very looooong phaaaaase.
They should have put this guy on the new ten dollar bill.
Scott was a trailblazer, man. A strong and smart gay man on the national broadcaster, long before wokeness.
actor...singer...dancer...model...Canadian LOL
Holy cow!!!! I love love love it!!!
This is freaking hilarious.
I met Scott once he was soo awesome and very nice it I still have his autograph!
My god this show was so ahead of it's time, when he says that "Straight people think that being gay is just a phase", this was the late 89 to mid 90's.
CLASSIC. Thanks Scott
He did this all in one take too
I just looked thru the top 30 or 40 comments & there's not a single mention of the fact that Buddy blew his nose with the Canadian flag. That's kind of the joke, really, that our nationalism is moderate & that we try to embrace a range of perspectives. That 4 seconds of performance is a marker for the ways in which we are not like our friends/frenemies to the south.
so true. in the US, that would be outrageous 'blasphemy'. in canada, we just move on with our lives.
Yeah you definitely wouldn't get claps for it from an audience!
That bit with the flag was actually quite controversial when it first aired in the states. If I remember right, HBO wouldn’t show it for a long time.
@John Gilliam He's also a blackface-wearing grafter.
@@jamespfitz He is a huge fucking phony. That "peoplekind" video made me want to reflexively punch him.
Scott Thompson is one of the funniest people I've seen in a long time. Since i have already seen other members of KITH on tv in the past several years. It's time for Scott to make a reappearance on american tv.
When I die I WILL come back as a Canadian.
I'm also forming the "let's leave the confederacy and take our lakes to Canada" movement.
Love this!
"What's your sexuality? Are you gay? Bi?" "I'm Buddy Cole." :b
Parry Sound mention! Woo!
He's so, so good.
Love this guy and I am straight!
He is the very best in the business. !
Their new work on Amazon Prime includes some of the best sketches they've ever done, and that's saying something.
Scott really was in that 1989 "Millenium" movie! Credited as "Controller"
Scott Thompson is one of the funniest people alive. The only reason to have HBO back then was to get Kids in the Hall.
So Awesome!!!
every sketch comedy team need their graham chapman
Bless Buddy... I miss him.
Gotta love Buddy Cole.
love it!!!!
lmao - buddy cole is the funniest. especially the "oh jezuz"
holy crap. i haven't left a vid comment for this YET? what is wrong with me? i thought i've left a vid comment for every existing scott thompson vid known to mankind! anywho, great vid. LOVE buddy cole! hehe
Happy Canada Day!
This is well done! xo
I think this is my favorite Buddy! And I love me some Buddy!
Baseball one is over the top
My favorite Buddy was the one where he's stranded on an island and he can only bring 1 book (All about Rhoda), favorite record (Denise Williams and Johnny Mathis- That's what friends are for), and favorite person (Dave as Oscar Wilde, and they steal each others' quips) 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
LOL @ 3:06 "Oh Jeeezuss!"
"smart cocktail" I will use this now
Utter brilliance.
you're obsessed with canada too? awesome
brilliant!!
I am still laughing.
Scott should do a show on TH-cam as Buddy Cole.
I think it was called "Kid in the Hall" and was about Scott doing a solo show. Don't have that one though...
only second to monty python, KITH rocks
I was 10 years old when I saw this sketch and I thought Buddy's character was how all Canadians were,lol.Mind you I was only 10.So whenever someone mentioned Canada or Canadians to me I immediately thought of this character.And yes,I know most Canadians aren't this "camp".
LOVES IT
LEGEND
Scott will be on the NBC show Hannibal. Its scheduled as a mid-season replacement.
Actually, I like the movie, probably because it's so different. See Scott Thompson (he's in the movie) ...go to TH-cam and type in: Kids in the hall: Cole 05- I'm Canadian (go to 2:20 - Scott makes a comment about the movie not making a dime)
I’m gonna start saying “Oh Jeeheesuss” like Buddy does from now on.
roflmao love KITH
Americans know as much about Canada, as straight people do about gays :-D
Well, in all fairness, it's not really our fault. We don't really hear much about Canada growing up in America. We think of Canadians as being similar to us, but a little different too. I know many Canadians who immigrated to America and all I know about Canada comes from them. My stepdad is Canadian (from Ontario) and he's a great guy. Very socialistic and mild in nature compared to a lot of American men. I don't agree with his or Canada's politics, but I still love the people and I think I would love the country too regardless of political differences. My godmother is French Canadian and I love her so much. All the Canadians I know are great people. They're really not THAT different from Americans. They fit right in in America. Aside from pronouncing a few words oddly (especially my French Canadian godmother, lol), I would never guess that they weren't American if I didn't already know. :-)
Euskal Herria Yeah, nothing is American's own fault, eh?
I know ! And my boyfriend was from SHERBROOKE !
@Chet
It's that kind of smug arrogance and pride in your own ignorance why the US is so unpopular around the globe, and why most Americans who travel abroad will tell people they're Canadian.
Is it weird that I loved this show when I was 10. I'm sure it has something to do with the I am now. I still find it hard to believe the cbc used air stuff this edgy.
I’m glad that they did.
In some respects some stuff was not seen as edgy back then. For example, it’s really only fairly recently that “faggot” really got recognized for the pejorative that it is.
It was used pretty freely in the 90’s and decades previous to it.
This show is still ahead of it’s time.
CBC kinda lacks balls now because of all the hard right-wing conservatives who want to kill the cultural relevance of the CBC.
Whenever I see a pick-up truck with a giant Canadian flag I think of this.
Roaringly funny
I love watching Eric McCormack! (edited for excitement)
so funny. i love buddy too.
@scorp8pus
Love it.....Tears here Hon!
heheheheeee..........lmfao!!
Thanks for sharing eh! xo
F'n brilliant
I saw "Millennium" in the theatre when it came out (yes, its as terrible), but I don't remember Scott Thompson in it. Probably because this was before I started watching Kids in the Hall :)
I love Scott Thompson. Listen to his podcast!
My fucking hero
Too hilarious!!
Do you mean the one where they are climbing over a giant Scott Thompson?
I LOVE CANADIANS...especially Scott. :)